Ezekiel 18:30-32 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:25-32

The path to life. Sin has a blinding effect upon man's intellect and reason. It leads to most erroneous conclusions. It produces deep-seated and suicidal prejudice. It puts "darkness for light, and light for darkness." The most perfect equality it brands "inequality." It would make heaven into hell. I. THE FIRST STEP HEAVENWARD IS THOUGHTFUL CHOICE . The chief folly of men is their thoughtlessness. They sink into mental and moral indolence. They will not investigate... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:30

The alternatives of judgment. I. THE JUDGMENT . 1 . It is to be by God. "I will judge you." The all-searching and almighty Lord will be the Judge. None can elude his inquiry; none can resist his sentence. 2 . It is a matter of the future. Therefore we cannot wisely make light of it by comparison with present experience. The future will be different from the present in this respect. Now is the time of probation; evil has therefore a liberty which will not continue. There... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:30-31

That work was to produce repentance, hope, and fear. The goodness and severity of God alike led up to that. For a man to remain in his sin will be fatal, but it is not the will of God that he should so remain. What he needs is the new heart and the new spirit , which are primarily, as in Ezekiel 11:19 , God's gift to men, but which men must make their own by seeking and receiving them. So iniquity shall not be your ruin ; better, with the margin of the Revised Version, so shall they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

Why will ye die? I. GOD EARNESTLY DESIRES TO SAVE HIS CHILDREN . He repeatedly repudiates the notion that he has any pleasure in their death ( e.g. Ezekiel 18:23 and Ezekiel 18:32 ). He does not regard that terrible fate with indifference, as though it were no concern of his, after the manner of an epicurean divinity. He might say that, as men have foolishly and sinfully earned their own ruin, he would regard their doom with complacency. But instead of doing so, he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

Divine remonstrance. There is something very impressive in the form of this remonstrance. If the question were taken in its literal sense, and published among men upon Divine authority; if men were invited to accept immunity from buddy dissolution;—in how many cases would the appeal meet, not only with earnest attention, but with eager response! The death which is here referred to must be that which consists in Divine displeasure, or, at all events, that death in which such displeasure... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

A solemn and startling inquiry. "Why will ye die?" The prophet has just exhorted the house of Israel to repent, to turn away from all sin, to turn unto God, so that iniquity should not prove their ruin. And now he addresses to them the brief and awakening interrogation, "Why will ye die?" This inquiry, interpreted in harmony with its context, implies, what has been already stated more than once in this chapter, that persistence in sin leads to the death of the soul. The prophet has also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:32

Turn yourselves, etc. As in Ezekiel 14:6 , but there is no ground for the rendering of "turn others," suggested in the margin of the Authorized Version. So we close what we may rightly speak of as among the noblest of Ezekiel's utterances, that which makes him take his place side by side with the greatest of the prophets as a preacher of repentance and forgiveness. In the next chapter he returns to his parables of history after the fashion of those of Ezekiel 17:1-24 . read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 18:30-31

Ezekiel 18:30-31. Therefore will I judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, &c. You complain of the injustice of my ways or proceedings; but if I judge you according to the desert of your ways, you will certainly be all found guilty: and nothing but repentance, and a real turning to God in heart and life, can avert that ruin to which your sins have exposed you. Cast away from you all your transgressions Here God, in a most tender and pathetic manner, exhorts the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 18:1-32

Each person is responsible (18:1-32)Many of the exiles complained that it was unjust that they should suffer because of the sins of the previous generation. True, the present captivity had resulted from the continuing decay of the nation over several generations, but the exiles could not deny that they too had sinned. There could be no excuses. They are individually responsible for their wrongdoings and they are punished accordingly (18:1-4).Examples of sins are then given. These include... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 18:31

whereby , &c. The = Septuagint reads "which ye have committed against Me". heart. spirit . Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for all that is of the spirit, and not of the flesh. Compare Luke 1:44 , Luke 1:47 . John 4:24 . "The flesh profiteth nothing" (John 6:63 ). spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-49 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:25-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:30-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 18:32

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 18:30-31

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 18:1-32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 18:31

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